ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane and Police Minister Bheki Cele have confirmed that African National Congress (ANC) members have been killed in a crash while they were travelling to the party’s 112th birthday rally in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, on Saturday morning.
The accident occurred early in the morning of Saturday on the R71, at the Makgoebaskloof outside Tzaneen.
The reports indicate that 3 buses were following each other, when the third bus hit the second one from behind, and overturned into a gorge. The buses were carrying ANC members from the Molemole Sub- Region, within the Capricorn District Municipality
Mokonyane said as the organisation they were quite sadden by the passing of their members.
“Our leaders from Limpopo have gone home back to Limpopo and quite saddened by that.”
Limpopo Transport spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said they could not provide the exact number of casualties and fatalities as the matter was being investigated by the authorities.
“Unconfirmed reports indicate that there are 5 fatalities from the accident, with several passengers sustaining injuries.
The injured passengers have been transferred to hospitals in the Mopani district”.